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brett walker

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Backpack cutting out !
« on: October 14, 2005, 06:03:56 pm »
Hi everyone

can anyone help this should have been my first day out today with wfp, ive got a shurflo backpack on the first house after a few seconds it keeps cutting out.  The battery has had plenty of charge ive done everything by the instructions ,or could it just have a fault  ???

I've also had to let Gaza down as i was supposed to give him a hand with the backpack this afternoon after the fire in his van destroyed some of his equipment. >:(

Do you guys do the 1 minute on and 1 minute off all day with your backpack?

It never rains but it pours

regards

Brett

williamx

Re: Backpack cutting out !
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2005, 06:23:09 pm »
Brett

I have the cleantech backpack and I had a similar problem, I found that the inlet valve inside the backpack had come loose and water was going into the battery compartment and shorting the battery.

Check the battery to see if it wet, if so just tighten the valve.


Re: Backpack cutting out !
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2005, 06:55:59 pm »

Do you guys do the 1 minute on and 1 minute off all day with your backpack?

Brett

No Brett.  I actually asked the supplier about this and he said it was just a description of what would be classed as 'normal use' to describe how long the battery lasts.

I've had mine for a week now, and it gets a hammering each day; no problems with the battery; hasn't ran out on me at all.

Also, try running it briefly with no water in first.  If it runs, do as Williamx suggests.  It's only a pump and a battery; so it shouldn't be to complicated.


AuRavelling79

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Re: Backpack cutting out !
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2005, 08:22:21 pm »
Brett:-

How long and what bore is your hose? Too long and too narrow = problems.
It's a game of three halves!

brett walker

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Re: Backpack cutting out !
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2005, 08:45:02 pm »
Hi guys

William x , Tosh and Malc[G]old

Ive had that backpack apart tonight think i might have sorted it , when i bought the backpack i bought a brand new 2 pin plug for the charger as a last resort i went and got another 2 pin plug, looks like the first one was knackered after all.  Plug being new never thought to check it  :-[

I have put it on charge now fingers crossed i should be out at work tomorrow

Tosh's first day seemed to go so well i thought mine was going to be the same 

thanks guys , im sure i'll be in touch with more wfp problems

Brett.

gaza

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Re: Backpack cutting out !
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2005, 08:45:42 pm »
Brett mate you didnt let me down at all, still ended up with the contract didnt I? [GIFT OF THE GAB}
hOW CAN YOU TURN UP ON SITE WITH NO EQUIPMENT TO DO THE JOB YOUR SUPPOSE TO DO AND STILL BE ASKED  TO COME BACK AND DO IT BEATS ME AS WELL,must have impressed them on the first clean on the other site?

anotherr chapter in my book called the life and times of nobody in particular,what a weekl weve both had? What with me and my van,you with your ro split connector,then your back pack packing up.
Never mind when were sitting  in the sun at Skeggy eating icecream,with our feet soaking up the bactia in Skeggy boating lake we will lauff our little socks off at this week.

  gaza
IM AT THAT AGE MY BACK GOES OUT MORE THAN I DO

brett walker

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Re: Backpack cutting out !
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2005, 08:57:46 pm »
Gaza

this time next year we'll be millionaires, lol  ;D ;D ;D ;D

a chapter in my book - Life and times of Brett trying to be a wfp pro, long way to go  :'( :'( :'(

Brett

Sarah Sarill

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Re: Backpack cutting out !
« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2005, 09:30:42 pm »
Hi Brett & Gazza,

Amalgamate both your stories along with 'confessions of a window cleaner' and your on to a sure fire winner.

Make a mint, ditch the wfp and take the  :-X out of us all her working every day !!!!

PS;  Dont forget my cut for the idea eh !! Pals, buddies, friends........... ;D


Sarah
Sarah

gaza

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Re: Backpack cutting out !
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2005, 09:46:47 pm »
what Brett has forgotten to tell you is he has a magic Mrs who is now in charge of the water making section,phone messager,enquiry manager problem solver,tea and coffee machine,wait for this [ro fitter and maintainer] and a shoulder for Brett to  :'( on when his back pack went for a rest and then refused to play the game]

Brett are we a pair of bad luck bar stewards.

            GAZA
IM AT THAT AGE MY BACK GOES OUT MORE THAN I DO

brett walker

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Re: Backpack cutting out !
« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2005, 09:48:15 pm »
Hi Sarah

if i was to write a book about confessions of a window cleaner after my 14 yrs it would be a trilogy  :D

Anyway hows Sarill?

regards

Brett.

brett walker

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Re: Backpack cutting out !
« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2005, 09:53:35 pm »
what Brett has forgotten to tell you is he has a magic Mrs who is now in charge of the water making section,phone messager,enquiry manager problem solver,tea and coffee machine,wait for this [ro fitter and maintainer] and a shoulder for Brett to  :'( on when his back pack went for a rest and then refused to play the game]

Brett are we a pair of bad luck bar stewards.

            GAZA

Gaza

youve told everyone now  who's the boss?  :-X

i told you shes got the looks and the brains in our family  8)

Don't forget to mention shes advised you on how to set your RO up  ;)

Brett   2nd in comand

ps - ive told her if she dont do as shes told she'll make the beds herself and do the cleaning ;D


Sarah Sarill

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Re: Backpack cutting out !
« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2005, 10:19:01 pm »
Brett,

Set up the same in this house as well.  I'm the brains and wills the braun.
Great partnership - works well for us and must do so for you too - why else are you still together ???

Whats the saying ' behind every successful man thres a successful woman'

Sarah
Sarah

gaza

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Re: Backpack cutting out !
« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2005, 10:19:44 pm »
Have you had a reply from your  supplier yet?

  gaza
IM AT THAT AGE MY BACK GOES OUT MORE THAN I DO

gaza

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Re: Backpack cutting out !
« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2005, 10:22:40 pm »
i wear the trouses in my house only the wife owns the pockets ;D

  gaza
IM AT THAT AGE MY BACK GOES OUT MORE THAN I DO